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Soldier Begging For Dog Food For Deployed Dogs
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Posted on 01/05/2005 12:58:40 PM PST by esryle

LAS VEGAS -- The commander of an Army Reserve detachment is begging friends back home to send food for Iraqi police dogs.

"The dogs are starving and urgently need dry dog food," Capt. Gabriella Cook, commander of the Las Vegas-based 313th Military Police Detachment, said in a Dec. 28 e-mail reported Wednesday by the Las Vegas Review-Journal.

"Some of them have already died," Cook wrote. "Half of them are sick. We have no way of buying actual dog food here."

Cook's unit arrived last month in the Iraq capital. She said 12 German shepherds and one black Labrador retriever trained for bomb-detection and attack at the Iraqi Police Academy in Baghdad have been eating table scraps and garbage.

"It seems like an emergency situation," Diana Paivanas, a Henderson pet-care provider and Cook's friend, told the Review-Journal. "Something needs to be done now to save these dogs."

Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., a veterinarian, directed a legislative aide to contact an Army liaison to investigate, a spokesman for the senator said.

Military officials at the Combined Press Information Center in Baghdad did not immediately respond to the newspaper's request for information about the food supply for U.S. canines in Iraq.

Paivanas said she found it costs about $50 to mail a 30-pound bag of dog food to Cook.

Henderson Veterinarian Terry Muratore estimated that each of the 13 working dogs would consume a 40 pounds or more of dry food per month.

"If securing the country entails having security dogs that are healthy, then we should do that," Muratore said. "Surely there's space on a C-130 to get a pallet of dog food over there."


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: carepackages; cook; doggieping; dogping; dogs; dogsofwar; iraq; iraqipolicedogs; policedogs; workingdogs
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To: esryle

How about feeding the dogs regular food?
Mine eats what we eat....meat, rice, veggies.


41 posted on 01/05/2005 1:25:39 PM PST by Feiny (MERRY NEW YEAR!!)
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To: esryle

I'm not totally buying this, either. I realize that supplies may be tight over there, but as others said, I find it hard to believe that the Iraqi police or the coalition soldiers would deny them food! And as a dog owner, healthy dogs don't need commercial dog food to survive, no matter what heart-rending TV commercials sell you about your Best Friend. I cook basic, easy stuff for my dogs quite often, as well as giving them kibble.

Dogs need a diet that consists of 40 percent meat, 30 percent vegetables and 30 percent starch for a well-balanced diet.

A simple mixture of (cooked) ground turkey, rice and carrots is cheap, easy and healthy. Ground beef, brown rice, brewer's yeast and carrots are also popular with my dogs.

And I'm not a nut. I'm just into being cheap and healthy and not buying processed "junque foods" for my family or my pets. (Except for crunchy Cheetos; we have a weakness for THE most processed, least nutritious, neon orange foodstuff on the planet, LOL!)


42 posted on 01/05/2005 1:27:18 PM PST by Diana in Wisconsin (Save The Earth. It's The Only Planet With Chocolate.)
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To: feinswinesuksass

Mine eats cats. There has to be lots of stray cats over there. What's up with that?


43 posted on 01/05/2005 1:28:36 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: esryle

This is BS!

Open up a can of C rats, Long rats or whatever and fed the friggin' dogs!!!


44 posted on 01/05/2005 1:29:05 PM PST by kellynla (U.S.M.C. 1st Battalion,5th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Div. Viet Nam 69&70 Semper Fi)
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To: Baynative
In the picture on my profile page, I had just asked them if they wanted merlot tonight.

Heh, heh...I'm pretty sure the one in the foreground was still thinking about it, but the one in the background was saying "definitely".

45 posted on 01/05/2005 1:29:18 PM PST by Recovering Hermit
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To: McGavin999

This sounds like it may be the problem.


46 posted on 01/05/2005 1:29:41 PM PST by MEG33 (GOD BLESS OUR ARMED FORCES)
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To: Howlin

We should be doing without at home to make sure the soldiers and employed animals have what they need to deal with this situation and be successful.


47 posted on 01/05/2005 1:30:57 PM PST by television is just wrong (Our sympathies are misguided with illegal aliens.)
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To: esryle; Howlin; KneelBeforeZod; Marine_Uncle; JoeV1; dts32041; Imaverygooddriver; deport; ...
Guys and gals... read the story, yes, we treat our working dogs with care and an understanding of their value. No, I do not think there is a chance the military would not provide for the care and feeding of our own working animals. These animals were clearly described not once bu twice, as dogs belonging to the fledgling Iraqi police forces.

She said 12 German shepherds and one black Labrador retriever trained for bomb-detection and attack at the Iraqi Police Academy in Baghdad have been eating table scraps and garbage...

49 posted on 01/05/2005 1:36:44 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: StoneColdGOP
Grandma used to feed her Yellowheaded Amazon (parrot) the same thing.

What, no Popsicles? Nobody but nobody walks through the room without offering my parrot a bite of their popsicle. Don't let him get to giving you the "easy way or hard way" look.

50 posted on 01/05/2005 1:37:21 PM PST by LTCJ
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To: esryle

She probably slept through instruction of supply proceedures. Wonder how her unit get more ammo and/or MREs.


51 posted on 01/05/2005 1:37:46 PM PST by zzen01
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To: GVgirl

Yes, the article says its Iraqi police dogs that need the food. Try to remember that Iraqi police dogs are involved in sniffing out explosives that are killing lots of people, including U.S. military personnel and contractors.


52 posted on 01/05/2005 1:38:57 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: HairOfTheDog

And in case anyones wondering the Gabriella Cook is a real person. But was the email to the paper from her?


53 posted on 01/05/2005 1:39:06 PM PST by RedBloodedAmerican
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To: TexasTaysor

These are dogs belonging to the Iraqi police. I don't think they were sent over there by the U.S.


54 posted on 01/05/2005 1:39:50 PM PST by GovernmentShrinker
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To: dts32041

Your post reminds me of that MASH episode where the 4077 wanted a pizza oven, and were instructed by the supply guy to scratch out machine guns and write in pizza oven.


55 posted on 01/05/2005 1:42:30 PM PST by dmz
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To: zzen01

and you slept through the article... these are not US dogs ;~D

They are Iraqi dogs... just as deserving cause, not as well supported by their own logistics support.


56 posted on 01/05/2005 1:43:58 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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To: esryle

AP Image

U.S. Air Force working dog and handler check for explosives among boxes of mail received at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq

AP Image

U.S. Air Force military working dog during handler protection exercise, Tallil Air Base, Iraq

57 posted on 01/05/2005 1:44:17 PM PST by Dubya (Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father,but by me)
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To: Recovering Hermit
My dad used to feed my dog soft-boiled eggs, bacon, and even coffee on an almost daily basis

Heh. My Daddy used to fuss at us about spoiling our doxie dog, but HE'S the one who scrambled eggs for her every morning! She had a lovely coat, though! ;o)

58 posted on 01/05/2005 1:49:01 PM PST by SuziQ (It's the most wonderful time of the year!)
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To: HairOfTheDog

So what! We would not let EVEN THEIR dogs starve. They do have a host US Unit assigned to them for Logistics.


59 posted on 01/05/2005 1:49:40 PM PST by zzen01
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To: zzen01

Hopefully this is just a temporary hitch in those logistics.


60 posted on 01/05/2005 1:52:03 PM PST by HairOfTheDog
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